Austria and France sign the Treaty of Pressburg. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_of_Pressburg_(1805)’]
25 December 1914
A series of unofficial truces occur across the Western Front to celebrate Christmas. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_truce’]
12 December 1800
The Plot of the rue Saint-Nicaise fails to kill Napoleon Bonaparte. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plot_of_the_rue_Saint-Nicaise’]
23 December 2007
An agreement is made for the Kingdom of Nepal to be abolished and the country to become a federal republic with the Prime Minister becoming…
22 December 1990
Lech Wa??sa is elected President of Poland. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lech_Wa%C5%82%C4%99sa’]
21 December 1963
“Bloody Christmas” begins in Cyprus, ultimately resulting in the displacement of 25,000–30,000 Turkish Cypriots and destruction of more than 100 villages. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Christmas_(1963)’]
20 December 1924
Adolf Hitler is released from Landsberg Prison. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler’]
19 December 2001
Argentine economic crisis: December riots: Riots erupt in Buenos Aires, Argentina. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_2001_riots_in_Argentina’]
18 December 1958
Project SCORE, the world’s first communications satellite, is launched. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCORE_(satellite)’]
17 December 1967
Harold Holt, Prime Minister of Australia, disappears while swimming near Portsea, Victoria, and is presumed drowned. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Harold_Holt’]